§ 276c-1. — Reports of expenditures by members of American groups or delegations and employees; consolidated reports by Congressional committees; public inspection.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC276c-1]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
Sec. 276c-1. Reports of expenditures by members of American
groups or delegations and employees; consolidated reports by
Congressional committees; public inspection
Each chairman or senior member of the House of Representatives and
Senate group or delegation of the United States group or delegation to
the Interparliamentary Union, the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, the
Canada-United States Interparliamentary Group, the Mexico-United States
Interparliamentary Group, or any similar interparliamentary group of
which the United States is a member or participates, by whom or on whose
behalf local currencies owned by the United States are made available
and expended and/or expenditures are made from funds appropriated for
the expenses of such group or delegation, shall file with the chairman
of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate in the case of the
group or delegation of the Senate, or with the chairman of the Committee
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives in the case of the
group or delegation of the House, an itemized report showing all such
expenditures made by or on behalf of each Member or employee of the
group or delegation together with the purposes of the expenditure,
including per diem (lodging and meals), transportation, and other
purposes. Within sixty days after the beginning of each regular session
of Congress, the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations and the
chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs shall prepare consolidated
reports showing with respect to each such group or delegation the total
amount expended, the purposes of the expenditures, the amount expended
for each such purpose, the names of the Members or employees by or on
behalf of whom the expenditures were made and the amount expended by or
on behalf of each Member or employee for each such purpose. The
consolidated reports prepared by the chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate shall be filed with the Secretary of the
Senate, and the consolidated reports prepared by the chairman of the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House shall be filed with the Clerk
of the House and shall be open to public inspection.
(Pub. L. 86-628, Sec. 105(b), July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 460; Pub. L. 90-
137, pt. IV, Sec. 401(b), Nov. 14, 1967, 81 Stat. 463; Pub. L. 94-59,
title XI, Sec. 1104, July 25, 1975, 89 Stat. 299; Pub. L. 103-437,
Sec. 9(a)(2), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4588; Pub. L. 104-186, title II,
Sec. 218(1), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1747; Pub. L. 106-113, div. B,
Sec. 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title VII, Sec. 701(b)(2)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113
Stat. 1536, 1501A-459.)
Amendments
1999--Pub. L. 106-113 substituted ``NATO Parliamentary Assembly''
for ``North Atlantic Assembly''.
1996--Pub. L. 104-186 substituted ``Clerk'' for ``Committee on House
Administration'' in last sentence.
1994--Pub. L. 103-437 substituted ``Foreign Affairs'' for
``International Relations'' wherever appearing.
1975--Pub. L. 94-59 brought reporting requirements into conformity
with other foreign travel expense reporting requirements and into
conformity with rules of House of Representatives.
1967--Pub. L. 90-137 substituted ``North Atlantic Assembly'' for
``NATO parliamentarian's Conference''.
Change of Name
Committee on Foreign Affairs of House of Representatives treated as
referring to Committee on International Relations of House of
Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note
preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.
